Products comparison Cognos Series 7 to IBM Cognos 8 BI

IBM Cognos 8 has the same functionality and components as Cognos Series 7. But all the components were created from scratch and new component were added.

 

In the table below shows the comparison of Cognos 7 and Cognos 8 BI tools and applications. You'll see: Cognos 8 is a completely different product than Cognos 7.

Products comparison: Cognos Series 7 to IBM Cognos 8 BI

Cognos series 7

IBM Cognos 8 BI

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Cognos PowerPlay

BI Mobile Analysis (PowerPlay)

Desktop Query and Analysis tool

Cognos PowerPlay Web

Analysis Studio

Web-based multidimensional analysis

PowerPlay Excel

IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel

MS Office / Spredsheet integration

Impromptu

ReportNet (Report Studio + Query Studio)

Reporting

Upfront

Cognos Connection

Web Portal

Visualizer

GO! Dashboard / Report Studio

Visual dashboards

DecisionStream

Data Manager

ETL & Data integraion tool

Impromptu Administrator

Framework Manager

Modeling framework

PowerPlay Transformer

Transformer

Cube modeling and creation

Metrics Manager

Metrics Studio

Scorecarding

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Metrics Designer

Scorecard modeling

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GO! Office

Import and export content to Cognos Connection

Visualizer

Map Manager

Create geographic metric info models

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GO! NOW

Realtime reporting

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TM1

In-memory cubes application

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Business Viewpoint

Maintain, govern and share common data dimensions

PowerPlay Web

PowerPlay Studio

Web-based multidimensional analysis

Noticecast

Event Studio

Business activity monitoring

Planning (Analyst, Contributor)

Planning (Analyst, Contributor)

Planning, budgeting, forecasting

Controller

Controller

Consolidation